Akiko Futaba

{{Short description|Japanese singer (1915–2011)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Akiko Futaba

| image = 二葉あき子.jpg

| caption = Akiko Futaba, late 1930s

| birth_name = Yoshie Kato

| alias =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|02|02|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Hiroshima, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|08|16|1915|02|02}}|death_place=Hiroshima, Japan

| origin =

| instrument =

| genre = Ryūkōka

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1936–2003

| label = Columbia Music Entertainment

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| website =

}}

{{nihongo|Akiko Futaba|二葉 あき子|Futaba Akiko|born Yoshie Kato ({{nihongo2|加藤 芳江}}); February 2, 1915 – August 16, 2011}} was a Japanese popular music (ryūkōka) singer. As of the end of World War II, she was one of the most popular female singers in Japan, competing with Hamako Watanabe and Noriko Awaya.{{cite web|url=http://www.news.janjan.jp/column/0608/0608239960/1.php |script-title=ja:古き花園のブルースを歌う・二葉あき子 |author=Kikuchi, Kiyomaro |publisher=JANJAN |date=August 24, 2006 |accessdate=April 24, 2009 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110184453/http://www.news.janjan.jp/column/0608/0608239960/1.php |archivedate=November 10, 2007 }} In addition, she took part in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen, one of Japan's most famous annual musical television shows, ten times.{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/news2/entert2/2001kouhaku/history-10.html|title=10th Kōhaku Uta Gassen|publisher=Nikkan Sports|accessdate=April 24, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325155811/http://www.nikkansports.com/news2/entert2/2001kouhaku/history-10.html|archivedate=March 25, 2009|url-status=dead|language=ja}}